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Troy

Troy reef

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1955, Matton Shipyard, Cohoes NY USA as Matton
Specs:: ( 90 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: Joe Williams, Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club, Atlantic County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Friday April 27, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.290' -74°14.060'
Depth:: 75 ft

Troy reef — The canal tug Troy sank in Absecon Inlet in 1979. It was eventually raised but never repaired, hence the decrepit appearance.

Troy reef

Troy reef

Troy reef — As Matton (top) and Kathleen Turecamo, with distinctive Turecamo woodgrain paint job ( see Matt Turecamo )

Built in 1954, by Matton Shipyard of Cohoes, New York (hull #322) as the Matton for the Matton Shipyard Company. When Turecamo acquired the shipyard, the tug was renamed Kathleen Turecamo. The tug was later sold and renamed Troy, scrapped in 1990.

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